A Genius for Money Business, Art and the Morrisons Caroline Dakers
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- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication date:
- 15 Nov 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780300112207
- Imprint:
- Yale University Press
- Dimensions:
- 352 pages: 229 x 152mm
- Illustrations:
- 60 b-w + color illus.
- Sales territories:
- World
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How the son of an innkeeper with a flair for making money became the richest commoner in nineteenth-century England, and what he did with his extraordinary success
This is the spectacular rags-to-riches story of James Morrison (1789–1857), who began life humbly but through hard work and entrepreneurial brilliance acquired a fortune unequalled in nineteenth-century England. Using the extensive Morrison archive, Caroline Dakers presents the first substantial biography of the richest commoner in England, recounting the details of Morrison's personal life while also placing him in the Victorian age of enterprise that made his success possible.
An affectionate husband and father of ten, Morrison made his first fortune in textiles, then a second in international finance. He invested in North American railways, was involved in global trade from Canton to Valparaiso, created hundreds of jobs, and relished the challenges of "the science of business". His success enabled him to acquire land, houses, and works of art on a scale to rival the grandest of aristocrats.
“Straightforwardly told . . . full of rich period detail.”—The Wall Street Journal
“Dakers’s biography of Morrison opens up for exploration the many facets of his complicated existence—as a salesman, financier, family man, public servant . . . and thus brings to life one of the early nineteenth century’s most important figures.”—John Small, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
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